News Staff With flooding expected over the weekend, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has authorized free parking at the Wave garage at Mississippi and Fairmount avenues for all city residents and visitors from 5 p.m. Friday through 10 a.m. Monday. The Press of Atlantic City reports parking is permitted on the second floor and above, and validation … Read more
22 year old Angelo Delgado from Atlantic City was sentenced to thirty years in New Jersey State Prison following a guilty plea to first degree Felony Murder in connection with the 2018 death of Sunil Edla, 61, of Ventnor. During the plea, Delgado admitted that while trying to steal Edla’s car, Delgado shot Edla and … Read more
In Atlantic City prospective tenants of a proposed beach-block shipping container park received an onsite tour of the $2.5 million project site. Organizers said interest is high for the 22 available spaces that would become part of the entertainment, shopping and dining complex envisioned there.Once developed, the park would add to the growing list of … Read more
Members of the New Jersey State Firemen’s Association voted Saturday to keep the organization’s annual convention in the city of Wildwood through 2029. More than 5,100 members voted yes while 1,145 voted no, according to a Facebook post from the New Jersey Fire Expo. Next year’s event will take place September 12th and 13th.
More to report about Atlantic City’s mayor and his wife.The city’s mayor and schools superintendent accused of abusing their teenage daughter are set to be arraigned next month, court officials said Thursday. Marty Small Sr., 50, and his wife, La’Quetta Small, 47, are scheduled to appear in front of Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Bernard … Read more
Atlantic City Police arrested three males and recovered a handgun during a motor vehicle stop. On September 18, at 1:11 AM, an officerl conducted a motor vehicle stop at New York and Adriatic Avenues. As the officer was speaking with the driver, Dillan Dwomo, the passenger, a 16-year-old male, opened his door, allowing the officer … Read more
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small, Sr. and his wife, school superintdendet Dr. La’ Quetta Small will be arraigned Oct. 10 in their child abuse case. They were charged in April, with allegations that the two had physically abused their daughter.Both were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.The … Read more
The Atlantic County Division of Public Health has confirmed additional mosquito pool samples that have tested positive for West Nile virus. The latest samples were collected from Pleasant Street West and confirmed positive for the virus on September 17. Prior samples collected from Hammonton that also tested positive for West Nile virus were found on … Read more
Mohammad Huq, who said he has worked in the maintenance department for Atlantic County for three years, was appointed Wednesday night to fill part of the unexpired term of Democratic 5th Ward Councilman Muhammad “Anjum” Zia. According to the Press of Atlantic City a special election to fill out Zia’s full term will be held … Read more
A teen wanted since May in a gun case was arrested Tuesday night while on the scene of an unrelated shooting on Ventnor Avenue, police said. The 17-year-old city boy was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a large capacity magazine, possession of hollow-point ammunition, two counts of possession … Read more